CALAN GAEAF - Communing with Ancestors

Calan Gaeaf (also known as Samhain and Halloween) is the old Brythonic (Britonic) celebration of the eve of winter and the transition from the old Celtic year to the new. It is one of our ysbrytnos ~ spirit nights, when the veil between the worlds is thin. Traditionally, we invite our ancestors to gather close, honour our beloved dead and those who generously and generatively guide our paths. It is a time to light the protective fires, bless our hearths, land and livestock as we cross into a new year. It is a time to gather rather than be alone.

While some of us are fortunate to belong to communities with whom we can gather at these times, many do not, so this is a reaching out to any who would like to be held in a circle to undertake this age-old ceremony of communing with ancestors - this deep…